Cavs: Garrison Mathews makes too much sense as potential FA target

Washington Wizards guard/wing Garrison Mathews celebrates after hitting a three-pointer. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

It’s not as if the Cleveland Cavaliers were expected to be particularly active in the 2021 free agency period.

The Cavs ended up re-signing Jarrett Allen to a five-year, $100 million deal, which was reportedly an offseason priority for them, and their other notable roster move aside from drafting Evan Mobley was acquiring Ricky Rubio via trade.

Rumored potential free agency wing targets such as Reggie Bullock, Doug McDermott and Alec Burks seemingly priced themselves out of Cleveland’s range from there.

And either way, with the Wine and Gold having only their $9.5 million…